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Ropa, Carta: 2 Spanish False Friends

ropa · carta

1:22 min video · 3 sentences · 4 key words

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About this lesson

Two Spanish false friends, ropa (clothes, not rope) and carta (letter or menu, not cart), shown with simple everyday sentences to repeat.

How to practise

  1. Guess what each word means before the answer shows: it does NOT mean what it looks like.
  2. Repeat the example out loud in the Your turn pause, then learn the word that really means the English one.
  3. Take the which-one-fits check at the end, and comment another false friend you know.

Key words

SpanishEnglish
la ropaclothes
la cuerdarope
la cartaletter (also a menu)
el carritocart

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